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IndustryAero Vodochody: State's shares on sale
Prague, Czech Republic - It may be privatized by the half of 2005
Czech Government could start discussion about hypotesis of privatization of Aero Vodochody, the aerospace firm competent in particular for the production of trainers such as the L-39 Albatros and the L-159... more
AirlinesThe A-380 to fly by Air France's livery six months later
Paris, France - Delay for the delivery of the first aircraft compared to the previous date of April 2007 has been confirmed
The first Airbus A-380 long-haul 555 seats airliner ordered by Air France will be delivered with a delay of six months compared to what previously set by contract. It had been in fact scheduled at first... more
Latest newsCzech Republic: Mig-21's goodbye to Prague's sky
Prague, Czech Republic - The last flight of the mythic fighter to be replaced by the JAS-39 Gripen
Czech Republic said goodbye to the Mig-21. One of the bast fighters that the Russian aerospace industry ever produced flew for the last time over Prague’s sky before its official retirement from service t... more
PeopleEurocontrol reports strong traffic growth at Upper Area Control Centre in Maastricht
Maastricht, Holland - During the first half of the year
During the first half of the year, the Upper Area Control Centre (UAC) in Maastricht handled a traffic increase of 7.9%, EUROCONTROL announced today. This represents a traffic volume of some 670,000 flights... more
IndustrySaab: disappointing results in the first part of the year
Stockholm, Sweden - Business is slack, orders on the fall
SAAB’s section dedicated to aerospace and defence marked a drop by 25% in net profit in the first middle of the year. The negative result is due in part to project delays (see the TMS system -Tactical M... more
Fair and showsEADS UK: Robin Southwell is the new CEO
London, UK - The responsible for the FSTA programme related to the new RAF's air tanker has been selected
Robin Southwell, as responsible for the British FSTA (Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft) programme related to the new Royal Air Force’s air tanker and based on an A-330 platform, has been appointed as C... more
Science and technologySagat: easyJet celebrates 6 millions of passengers transported from Italy
Turin, Italy - The lucky winner at Caselle's Airport left with a carrier's flight towards London
"The low-cost carrier easyJet celebrates today the achievement of an important objective: six millions of passengers transported since 1998 when the English carrier has begun to serve on the Italian market.... more
Science and technologyGot British citizenship after 13 months spent in the airport
Nairobi, Kenya - He will be able to fly to England next week
A Kenyan citizen, whose name is Sanjay Shah, 43 years old, has been living in the airport of Nairobi (Kenya) for 13 months before succeeding in gaining British citizenship. He spent about 400 days between... more
HelicoptersTurkish military helicopters are attending to kidnapped soldier's search
Ankara, Turkey - He was seized by Kurdish PKK's rebels
PKK’s Kurdish separatist rebels seized on Monday evening a Turkish soldier after robbing tens of vehicles at a temporary roadblock set up in Eastern part of the country. That was a settled habits of K... more
IndustryEU: solutions for the creation of a single market for defence
Brussels, Belgium - Favouring synergies and putting state control on strategies and research to an end
European Commission launched an initiative to encourage the development of a single market for defence in Europe. EU Government underlined that some hurdles must be cancelled, with reference in particular... more
CuriositiesStrained by metal detector got undressed in airport
Barcelona, Spain - Barcelona's President did it
An incensed Joan Laporta, well-known as Barcelona’s owner, staged an unexpected strip last Saturday at Barcelona Airport after security system’s alarm sounded three times. President of one of the most tit... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: weekly non-stop service between LaGuardia and Aruba
Houston, Usa - Starting from next December 17 after those to Bonaire and Curacao operative in the same period
Continental Airlines announced it will begin nonstop Saturday service on Dec. 17 from LaGuardia International Airport to the Caribbean island of Aruba, pending governmental approval. Continental already... more
HelicoptersKHP: reduced funds for the South Korean national helicopter programme
Seoul, South Korea - Fears about the development cost and the limits in terms of competitiveness in the worldwide market
South Korean Government would have decided to halve funds destined to the production and purchase of new military helicopters within in particular the national KHP project (Korean Helicopter Programme).... more
AirlinesAlitalia: trying to negotiate to put the flight assistants' protest to an end
Rome, Italy - A company-unions meeting likely to be held by the end of this week
While Alitalia’s flight assistants carry on their "uniform strike" denying to wear the official uniform aboard and during service and SULT union proves ready to go on a 24 h strike as scheduled on next M... more
IndustryEmbraer opened new service center for maintenance in Gavião Peixoto site
São José dos Campos, Brazil - 32,300 square feet hangar built
Embraer announced yesterday it opened a new service center for maintenance, repair and overhaul of Embraer aircraft at its Gavião Peixoto site, 230 miles from São José dos Campos, State of São Paulo, whe... more
AirlinesAirsal: Italian Vice-Minister of Transport, Tassone, attending the carrier headquarter opening
Salerno, Italy - The importance of the future Pontecagnano air station and the necessary synergies with the other airports have been underlined
Also Italian Vice-Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Mario Tassone, attended the Airsal headquarter opening in Salerno on last July 11 (see for details AVIONEWS 1 and 2). Tassone underlined that... more
Science and technologyEnac: two minutes of silence in the Italian airports tomorrow at midday
Rome, Italy - To commemorate the victims of the London's attacks
"The Italian Civil Aviation Board, Enac, in according to the Italian Government’s instructions and in harmony with the other European countries, has given instructions in order that tomorrow, on Thursday J... more
DefenseItalian international missions: Chamber of Deputies approved a refunding
Rome, Italy - Iraqi matter not analysed yet
Italian Chamber of Deputies approved the decree related to the refunding for peacekeeping and stabilization missions abroad performed by the Italian armed forces yesterday, without reference to the Iraqi... more
Government actsQuestion Time: emergency plan in case of nuclear disaster
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Ettore Rosato (Margherita)
Italian Deputy Hon. Rosato intended to understand if Trieste can be included among the sites provided with a plan aimed to face prospective nuclear disasters when nuclear-powered submarines operate in... more
Civil aviationAnnouncing bomb on a plane for failing girlfriend's departure
Paris, France - A man was charged abuse with and air traffic's disturbance
A French boy staged a false terrorist attack on board a flight operated by Poland’s national airline LOT: he did not intend his Lithuanian girlfriend went to Warsaw and denounced by phone a bomb’s pre... more
AirlinesAir One's pilots to down tools next September 19
Rome, Italy - Their strike fell on the same day as flight attendants' protest
Italian Committee for Strikes stated that agitation of Air One’s pilots will be performed next September 19. Flying personnel would have decided to down tools next Monday for 4 hours, from 10:00am to 2... more
Fair and showsMinister Martino expressed his sorrow for aviation designer Bazzocchi’s death
Rome, Italy - He sent engineer's family his sympathies
Italian Minister of Defence, Antonio Martino, intended to express his sorrow for Eng. Ermanno Bazzocchi’s death, the Italian aviation designer died last week. Italy and Italian Air Force "Lost a figure o... more
Government actsQuestion Time: percentage of answers by Italian Minister of Defence for Parliamentary Questions
Rome, Italy - By Hon. Aldo Perrotta (FI)
Italian Deputy Hon. Perrotta asked some Italian ministries for making clear which are time and personnel deployed for setting question time answers as Minister of Defence would have provided due information... more
Science and technology"Pontecagnano to be operative by the end of 2005"
Salerno, Italy - Italian Deputy Minister Tassone promised that
During the cerimony for the official start of new Campania’s low-cost airline Airsal, Italian Deputy Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Mario Tassone, announced that airport of Pontecagnano (Campania R... more
DefenseItaly: okay to bill for international missions
Rome, Italy - The measure will be examined by Senate now
Italian Chamber of Deputies approved yesterday the bill to turn into law the bill June 28, 2005, number 11, concerning urgent dispositions for Italian partecipation at international missions. The measure... more
Civil aviationAttempts in London: suicide attackers as liable for the carnage
London, UK - Four British citizens (Pakistani-native) and coming from Yorkshire have been indicated by Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard would have no doubt: four kamikazes made themselves explode in the attempts occurred in London on last Thursday, July 7. It would deal with Pakistani-native British citizens and the most... more
AerospaceShuttle is ready: it is about to be launched at 03:51pm
Washington, USA - Weather is the only unknown element
NASA’s engineers have repaired Discovery’s fuselage damaged last night when a window’s cover, which weighs shortly less than 1 kg, has broken off falling 18 metre on the shuttle situated on the launch pad.... more
Latest newsA Raytheon-made radar for the P-8 MMA
Washington, USA - The main sensor of the future US Navy's maritime patrolling aircraft will have surveillance and targeting capabilities
The maritime surveillance radar of the future US Navy’s patrolling airplane destined to replace the P-3 Orion, the Boeing P-8 MMA (Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft), will be provided by Raytheon. The A... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 707-300B, -300C, and -400 series airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct fatigue cracking of the hinge fitting assembly of the inboard leading edge slats
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: July 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 132)] [Page 39912-39914] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Science and technologyBratislava and Kosice airports are more and more close to privatization
Bratislava, Slovakia - Interested groups have to come forward by August 15
Slovakian Government has launched an offer to sell its stakes in the Bratislava and Kosice international airports, by tender. Investors have to send their applications by August 15, regarding the purchase... more
AirlinesAirsal (2): tourism-directed growth for the carrier network
Salerno, Italy - Important relations with Alpitour with both domestic and European flights by 2008
Airsal started its operational activities under banner of strong links with tourism. Relations with Alpitour (one of the major Italian tour operators) enables in fact the Campania’s carrier to rely upon l... more
DefenseItaly about to deploy 12,000 soldiers for peacekeeping mission abroad
Rome, Italy - Despite the withdrawal of 300 soldiers from Iraq in September, the Italian commitment is always a particularly significant one
Italian armed forces’s commitment abroad is about to achieve up to 12,000 soldiers. An impressive figure when considering the announcement of the withdrawal for 300 soldiers from Iraq by September, a w... more
PeopleIcao: machine readable passport to be issued worldwide by 2010
Montreal, Canada - At the end of September ICAO will hold an international symposium
Effective yesterday, the machine readable passport (MRP) in the format specified by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is the worldwide standard. The Organization’s 188 Contracting S... more
AirlinesA new carrier on the route Japan-Russia
Tokyo, Japan - To meet increasing touristic demand
The starting of a new carrier to operate air connections between Japan and Russia is expected this Summer in order to meet the increasing tourist demand on such route. Nippon’s carriers have decided t... more
AirlinesUnited Airlines recalls 600 flight attendants
Washington, USA - Other 850 will return to work by the end of the year
US airline has re-recruited 600 flight attendants and it is waiting for reintegrating other 850 people by the end of the year seeing the recent growth in demand that means more airplanes full cargo. The... more
AirlinesContinental Airlines: new weekly non-stop service from New York/Newark to Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
Houston, Usa - Starting from Dec. 17 and it will utilize a Boeing 737-700 aircraft
Continental Airlines announced it will begin nonstop Saturday service on Dec. 17 from its hub at Newark Liberty International Airport to the Caribbean island of Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles, pending... more
Science and technologyBangladesh: Chittagong Airport was reopened
Chittagong, Bangladesh - It has been closed for nine days due to an airliner's accident
It restarted operations last Sunday after nine days closed due to the incident of a DC-10 by Bangladesh carrier Biman Airlines skidded on the wet runway last July 1st. Meanwhile airport authority provided... more
AirlinesSuspended from duty after raising queries on SAAB's cockpit safety
Zurich, Switzerland - It has occurred to some pilots working for Swiss International
Fifty-two pilots of SAAB airplanes operated by Swiss International Airlines wrote a letter to the carrier’s management to denounce the climate of instability that has been developed since Swiss decided t... more
AirlinesSwiss International marked +5% in load factor
Zurich, Switzerland - Data were compared with the same period in 2004
Swiss International Air Lines reached a 81.5% in load factor last June that is equal to an additional 5% respect the result got last year. The Swiss carrier, now controlled by Lufthansa (see for details... more
Science and technologyThe second day of strike performed by Zurich Airport's cabs
Zurich, Switzerland - Passengers landing at Kloten may suffer for discomforts
Agitation performed by Zurich Airport’s cabs is going on today too. The owners of white cars are strikebound before terminal waiting for knowing something about negotiations started today by unions and K... more
MiscellaneousClandestines wrecked off Malta: ships and planes searching for missing people
La Valletta, Malta - Rough sea and strong wind are thwarting rescues
An other tramp ship was in difficulty at some 70 miles South to Malta: the watercraft wrecked and about 13 clandestines have been rescued by a Portoguese ship sailing nearby. The number of missing people... more
DefenseFraticelli: "Progress in defence has always been able to meet civil field's exigencies"
Rome, Italy - Italian Army Chief of Staff pointed out in this way the importance of effects that military industry can have for general purposes
Gen. Giulio Fraticelli, as Italian Army Chief of Staff (though he is going to be replaced by Gen. Filiberto Cecchi on July 23) commented recently regarding the opportunities that defence industry can take... more
AirlinesAirsal: the "Campania's way" to low-cost
Salerno, Italy - The carrier's headquarter has been opened yesterday in front of both local and national institutional representatives
Airsal, the Campania’s flag airline, opened its headquarter in Salerno (Italy). The official start of activities occurred yesterday in the Campania’s city, in front of several institutional representatives bot... more
AccidentsCFS helicopter crashed at Fiumicino: NTSB's officers ready to investigate radio communications
Rome, Italy - Voice Recorder is about to be encoded
The ANSV (Italian Air Safety Board) reported that investigation on the incident occurred to an Erickson Skycrane S-64 F helicopter belonging to the Corpo Forestale dello Stato, the Italian forest conservation... more
Civil aviationFAA (Correction) AD on Rockwell International models AT-6, AT-6A, AT- 6B, AT-6C, AT-6D, AT-6F, BC-1A, SNJ-7, and T-6G airplanes; and Autair Ltd. model Harvard airplanes
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct any fatigue crack in the inboard and outboard, upper and lower wing attach angles (except for the nose angles) of either wing, which could result in failure of the wing
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: July 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 131)] [Page 39651-39652] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 727, 727C, 727-100, 727- 100C, 727-200, and 727-200F series airplanes (2005-14-07)
Washington, Usa - To detect and correct fatigue cracking of the attach fittings of the foreflap carriage of the wings, which could result in partial or complete loss of the foreflap and consequent loss of controllability of the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: July 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 131)] [Page 39647-39651] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA (Embraer) model EMB-135 and Model EMB-145, -145ER, -145MR, -145LR, - 145XR, -145MP, and -145EP airplanes
Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of the internal circuit of the engine fire handle that could disable the fuel shut-off valves and the discharge of the fire extinguishing agent, which, in the event of a fire, could result in the inability to extingui
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: July 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 131)] [Page 39642-39644] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 747 airplanes (2005-14-08)
Washington, Usa - To prevent loss of the underwing fitting load path due to missing or damaged alloy-steel or A286 taperlock fasteners, which could result in separation of the engine and strut from the airplane
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: July 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 131)] [Page 39644-39647] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 777-200 and -300 series airplanes (2005-14-04)
Washington, Usa - To prevent a fire in the cargo compartment
Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: July 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 131)] [Page 39639-39642] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more
Press releaseFinmeccanica: shareholders’ meeting appoints new board of directors
Rome, Italy - Pierfrancesco Guarguaglini confirmed as Chairman and CEO
"At today’s meeting in Rome, shareholders appointed the new Board of Directors, whose mandate will last from now until the meeting to approve the 2007 results. Shareholders also voted that the Board s... more